January in Shaughnessy Park bites harder than in 95% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.8°C. July is the wettest month, February the driest. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 72% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) location, 4.4 km west.
A year in Shaughnessy Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Shaughnessy Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Shaughnessy Park feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
193 frost days and 110 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 52 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 519 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 80 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 126 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 27 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Shaughnessy Park
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. Homes here need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Shaughnessy Park’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
On average the last spring frost comes around 23 May and the first autumn frost around 22 September: about 122 frost-free days between.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 86 days a year.
About 37 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Shaughnessy Park’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) are 4 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 4.4 km west |
| Station altitude | 239 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.8°C |
| Average wind | 17.5 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Gimli, 79 km |
How Shaughnessy Park compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Shaughnessy Park’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 41–49 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Shaughnessy Park.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaughnessy Park Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Brokenhead 41 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| Cartier 43 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 2.1°C milder | 493 mm |
Shaughnessy Park weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −11.4°C | −21.2°C | −16.3°C | 18 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −8.8°C | −19.3°C | −14.1°C | 13 mm | 12 cm |
| March | −0.9°C | −11.2°C | −6.1°C | 26 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −2.5°C | 3.8°C | 33 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 4.2°C | 11.1°C | 70 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 23.3°C | 10.9°C | 17.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.8°C | 13.2°C | 19.5°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 11.9°C | 18.7°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 6.9°C | 13.3°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.4°C | −0.2°C | 5.1°C | 38 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 0.1°C | −8.8°C | −4.4°C | 25 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −8.2°C | −17.3°C | −12.7°C | 19 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 8.6°C | −2.8°C | 2.9°C | 519 mm | 126 cm |
March: −37.4°C at its coldest, 23.7°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, December’s average typically shifts by 4.1°C around its normal of −12.7°C, the widest of any month, while July’s shifts by 1.4°C.
Where Shaughnessy Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Shaughnessy Park’s climate
How warm does Shaughnessy Park get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.8°C on a typical day.
How cold does Shaughnessy Park get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −21.2°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Shaughnessy Park get?
Measured as water, a year brings 519 mm: 77 mm in July, the wettest month, and 13 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Shaughnessy Park itself?
Nearly: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Shaughnessy Park’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Shaughnessy Park →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).